Garment hanger



Dec. 12, 1944. G. BUSHKO 2,364,619

GARMENT' HANGER Filed Nov. 50, 1942 @@'Sz l Patented Dec. 12, 1944 UNITED STATES u PATENT VOFFICE GARMENT HANGER George Bushko, Eynon, Pa. Application November 30, 1942, Serial No. 467,391 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-95) This invention relates to hangers for the support of trousers, skirts and other similar garments.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device which may have the waist portion of the trousers or other garments easily adapted thereto for the support of the trousers or garment in a depending position to prevent mussing thereof and to permit the trousers or garment to free itself of wrinkles or the like that may have been caused during wear.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a device of the above stated character which may be easily adjusted for different size trousers or other garments and may be employed on or in connection with various kinds of supports.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan View illustrating a hanger constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation illustrating the device.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional' view illustrating a modified form of my invention.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4.--4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View illustrating another modified form of my invention.

Figure 6 .is a fragmentary `top plan View illustrating another modiiied form of my invention.

Figure '7 is a detail sectional view taken the line 1-1 of Figure 6.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates a supporting bar composed of telescopic sections 6 and 1 whereby the length of said supporting bar 5 may be varied for accommodating trousers or other garments of different sizes. The section 6- is of tubular formation while the section 1 is of cylindrical shape and is adapted to slide freelyAwithin the tubular section 6. The tubular section 6 is provided with an elongated slot 8 extending substantially its full length and provided in connection therewith with spaced notches 9. The end of the section 1 received within the section ited rotation relative to the section 1 in either direction and extends through the slot 8 and is movable into and out of the different notches for releasably securing the section 1 adjusted relative to the section 6 of the bar 5.

To prevent the section 1 from rotating within the section 6, a block I2 is secured to the section 1 and slidably engages the walls of the slot 3. The ends of the block are tapered so that the block may slide freely in the slot 8 without catching into the notches 9. The block l2 is secured to the section 1 by a set screw I3, the head of which is countersunk in the block.

Garment-engaging members I4 are carried by ends of the section 1 and 6 and are similarly shaped so as to readily engage in a waist band of trousers, a skirt or other similar garment. The member II!- carried by the section 1 may form an integral part thereof, while the member 14 carried by the section 6 is detachably secured thereto through the use of a set screw l5. The member I4 carried by the section 6 includes a cylindrical portion I6 that fits within one end of the tubular section 6 and through which the set screw I5 extends. The head of the set screw I5 is countersunk in one wall of the section 6 while the set screw is threaded into an opposite wall of the section 6.

If it is found more convenient in the manufacture of this device the member I4 of the section 1 may be made as a separate part of the section 1 and secured thereto in any well known manner. The members I4 when in use assume a depending position and the part which contacts the waist band of the garment is provided with a compound curve I1, as clearly shown in Figure 2, to prevent the waist band of the garment from slipping off of the members I4 and still permit the members I4 to be easily inserted and removed from the waist band.

Attaching brackets I8 are provided on the section 6 of the bar 5 for the mounting of the latter on any suitable support, such as a wall, door or the like.

If desired, the section 6 may be provided with a single bracket and of a type to permit the device to be attached to a garmentJ hanger employed for supporting a coat (not shown), or to permit the p device to be installed on a clothes tree.

and provided with notches 20. When the slot I9 is employed, the finger piece II may extend through the slots 8 and I 9 and may be moved into and out of the notches 9 and 20. The notches 2S are located in a, wall of the slot I9 opposite to the wall of the slot 8 in which the notches 9 are located so that when the nger piece II is swung into position of releasably securing the section 'I against movement relative to the section 6 the finger piece Will enter both notches 9 and 20 simultaneously.

To adapt a garment to this device, the waist band of the garment is closed and is arranged so as to receive the members I4 therein. The nger piece I I is then moved endWise so as to adjust the members I4 tightly against the waistband to prevent the garment from slipping off of the members I4. After the section 'l has been adjusted relative to the section 6 by the sliding movement of the finger piece I I to place the waist band under proper tension, the finger piece is rotated to enter a notch and thereby obviate any possibility of the section 'I moving relative to the section 6. The garment is allowed to depend so that the weight thereof on its waistband will sustain the garment free yof mussing and tend to remove whatever wrinkles that -may 4`be therein from previous wearing -of the garment.

'.I'o remove the garment it is only necessary to slide the iinger piece I I in a, reverse direction.

Referring to my modied form ofthe invention shown in Figure 5, a bar 2-I is provided and .comprises sections 22 and 23 somewhat similar in construction to the sections 6 and 1. The section 22 has slots 24 and 25. The slot 24 slidably receives the linger piece II which `in ythis instance is threaded in a socket provided in thesection 23. A substantially egg-shaped block 26 is slidable in the section 22 and has threaded therein aset screw 21 extending through the slot 25 Aand including a head of a lwing nut type to bear against the section 22 whereby the block may be adjusted endwisefof the section 22.

The block 26 provides an adjustable seat for one end of a coil spring 28, the other end of which bears against the section v23 tending to urge the section 23 to the limit -of its movement to the left in Figure 5. The limiting of the movement on the members I4. The

of the section 23 in the stated direction is governed by the nger piece II operating in the slot 24.

In adapting the modified form of my invention to the waist band of a garment the finger piece II is moved to the right to compress the'spring so that the waist band may be easily applied to the garment engaging members I4 carried by the sections 22 and 23. When the garment has been installed as stated the iingerpiece II is released and the spring 28 acts to tension the waist band tension of the spring 28 may be varied by adjusting the location of the block 26 in the section 22.

Instead of employing the members I4, garmentvengaging members 29 may be used which are substantially U-shaped, as shown in Figure 6, and which shape permits them to readily t a waist band. Also the members 29 are of L shape in cross section, as shown in Figure 7, the portions A Ycontacting the Waist band While the portions B overlie the upper edges of the waist band. The members 29 are provided with portions 30 for securing them to the sections of the bar 5 or if desired, the member 29 carried by the section 1 may be formed integrally therewith.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from -the spirit vand scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described `my invention, what I claim is:

In a garment hanger, a bar including telescopic sections for the adjustment thereof as to length, garment-engaging members formed on ends of the sections and yextending at right angles thereto and each havinga compound curvature thereto, a `block mounted in and adjustable endwise of Yone of said sections, means for securing said block in any of its adjusted positions, an expansion spring interposed between said block and the other section, said spring being only externally guided in its movement, and means for limiting the sliding of the sections relative to each other by said spring.

GEORGE BUSHKO. 

